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Atala (novella)

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Evaluate the article
The lead section fails to include any mention of that the novella is about and a person who just reads the lead section would only really know that it is a book. The article provides little information on the many themes in the novella and its plot overview is thin in some spots. For the claims made in the article there are very few citations to secondary sources. The talk page is empty and there seem to be a small handful of authors that have worked on the article. Overall I felt that the organization of the article wasn't the best (plot summary should be first after the lead section) and didn't read easy, made worse by the occasional use of more academic-type vocabulary unnecessarily. The images seem ok, but the addition of the book's cover (if possible) would be a good addition. Ultimately, the article provides a mostly sufficient plot summary but is really under developed.